Who Stands for Democracy?

3:07 PM,
May 27, 2014

Written by

Anne Welsh
| Columnist

When I went to vote in our recent primary I had to swallow hard. A feeling close to nausea came over me as I was shown the new state regulation requiring an official voter ID in elections, beginning in 2016. Moreover, I was asked to sign that I had been shown the regulation, and I did so. At least I was not asked if I approved.

Although signing was not consent, it was too close for comfort. The very idea of erecting hurdles for citizens - most likely those with vulnerabilities of age or economic class - to surmount in exercising their precious right to vote is downright shocking.